Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by
The Broke and the Bookish. This week's topic is...
Series I Hope to Finish This Year!
Again, I had to come up with my own topic (TTT is on a break), and since I have been thinking about doing a series finale reading month recently, I thought I would make a list of the series I must read the finales for. In my mind, I was trying to determine
why I have yet to read these, and obviously one big obstacle is not having the book, but there is also that fear of disappointment or not wanting to leave the world, which I had
discussed earlier this year. Anyhow, these are ten series enders, which I hope to read this year.
Crooked Kingdom
Leigh Bardugo
Series: Six of Crows, #2
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
I was so blown away by
Six of Crows! I now understood the genius that is Leigh Bardugo, and this series was perfect. It's a duology - only two books, yet this book has been out for almost a year, and I have yet to read it. Sad to say, I do not own this book. I did check and my library has a physical copy, but you know about me and physical books.
The Midnight Star
Marie Lu
Series: The Young Elites, #3
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Both
The Young Elites and
The Rose Society were 5-star reads for me. I loved them and I love Marie Lu, but also, a year has passed and I have not read this book. Fact: I have deprived myself of buying new books, because I have so many that are unread. In order for me to purchase it must be both a book in a series that I have already started and on sale. I have not seen a sale for this, so I have not purchased, but again, there is a physical copy at my library.
Illusion
Martina Boone
Series: The Heirs of Watson Island, #3
Publisher: Simon Pulse
I fell in love with this series and Eight -- who wouldn't love Eight? I was so swept away by
Compulsion, and I loved the direction Boone took the series in
Persuasion. I actually won a book of choice from Tanya at
Girl Plus Books and I chose this book. So chances of me reading this before the end of the year are really good, because not only do I have the book, I also requested the ebook.
Unraveled
Gennifer Albin
Series: Crewel World, #3
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
I remember reading
Crewel on my co-bloggers recommendation years ago, and I loved this concept of being able to weave and manipulate reality. The second book,
Altered, also did not disappoint. This is where it gets embarrassing. I went to the Fierce Reads tour for this book. I have a signed copy of this book, and it is still unread. I know I am trash, but again, I am more apt to read a book on my Kindle than one on the shelf.
Front and Center
Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Series: Dairy Queen, #3
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
This one is not as embarrassing. I had seen this series mentioned several time, and decided to check it out. I was totally charmed by it, and Overdrive had the first two books,
Dairy Queen and
The Off Season, in audio. I plowed through these, and then found that Overdrive did not have the other books. However, my library does appear to have the physical book, so all is not lost, and I will be able to see how this story arc concludes. *The 4th book looks like a companion, so I am calling this the last book.
Shiny Broken Pieces
Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton
Series: Tiny Pretty Things, #2
Publisher: HarperCollins
I loved
Tiny Pretty Things. I could not get over how twisted and delicious this story about cut-throat dancers was. The obstacle here is that I don't have the next book. My library does not have it. Overdrive does not have it. Hoopla does not have it. Therefore, I will have purchase said book.
Dangerous Deception
Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl
Series: Dangerous Creatures, #2
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
I am HUGE
Beautiful Creatures/Caster Chronicles fan, and I was so excited when I heard Link and Ridley were getting their own books. Noor, Kiersten, and I even went to the book tour event for
Dangerous Creatures. This book kept me sort of in the world I was already missing, while introducing some great new parts. The ending of this book was quite cruel, to where it seemed like anyone of any import was in peril of dying. I then waited the requisite year for the next book, and I have the next book, but I have not read it, because I am the worst.
Always and Forever, Lara Jean
Jenny Han
Series: To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #3
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
I am so in love with the Song sisters, I want them to make me an honorary sister. Lara Jean is one of my favorite YA contemporary heroines. There is just something so old fashioned, sweet, and endearing about her. I was feeling pretty good at the end of book 2, my ship was sailing along nicely, but when I heard there was going to be a third book, I got a little nervous that Han was going to sink my ship. I do not have this book, but it is at the brick and mortar library, and chances are good I will check it ou.
The Fiercest Joy
Shana Abe
Series: The Sweetest Dark, #3
Publisher: Five Rabbits Inc
When Kiersten gave me
The Sweetest Dark, I fell in love with this world and Abe's lush and beautiful writing. There was something that happened, which kind of soul crushing, but I still pushed on and read
The Deepest Night. Then Abe's book deal went awry. Fast forward four years, and it's here. The final book is here. Now I just need to buy the book.
Unmade
Sarah Rees Brennan
Series: The Lynburn Legacy, #3
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Another recommendation from Kiersten, which I really enjoyed. I loved the mystery and the feel of
Unspoken. I knew I wanted to read more.
Untold picked up and expanded on all that we learned in the pervious book, maybe even being a little darker than its predecessor, and I was so ready for that last book, and four years later, I have not finished this series. This is anther I would have to buy the book for, but you know, it could happen.
What series do you hope to finish this year?
Let us know in the comments!
